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any tree (and its fruit) of the genus Malus of the family Rosaceae (roserose,common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses......Click the link for more information. family). Apples were formerly considered species of the pear genus Pyrus, with which they share the characteristic pome fruit. The common apple (M. sylvestris) is the best known and is commercially the most important temperate fruit. Apparently native to the Caucasus Mts. of W Asia, it has been under cultivation since prehistoric times. According to ancient tradition, the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden was the apple (Gen. 3). In religious painting, the apple represents the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, as do occasionally the pear and the quince. It was sacred to Aphrodite in classical mythology. The apple is now widely grown in thousands of varieties, e.g., the Golden Delicious, Winesap, Jonathan, and McIntosh. The tree is hardy in cold climates, and the firm fruit is easy to handle and store. Most apples are consumed fresh, but some are canned or used for juice. Apple juice (sweet cider) is partly fermented to produce hard cider and fully fermented to make vinegar. Wastes from fermenting processes are a major source of pectinpectin,any of a group of white, amorphous, complex carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruits and certain vegetables. Fruits rich in pectin are the peach, apple, currant, and plum. Protopectin, present in unripe fruits, is converted to pectin as the fruit ripens......Click the link for more information.. Applejackapplejack,brandy made by distilling hard cider or fermented apple pomace. Another method of making applejack, now rarely used, is to let fermented cider freeze and then to remove the ice......Click the link for more information. is a liquor made from hard cider. Western Europe, especially France, is the chief apple-producing region; in North America, also with an enormous total output, Washington is the leading apple-growing state, but very many areas grow crops at least for local consumption. The tree is subject to several insect and fungus pests, for which the orchards are sprayed. The hardwood is used for cabinetmaking and fuel. The crab apples are wild North American and Asian species of Malus now cultivated as ornamentals for their fragrant white to deep pink blossoms—e.g., the American sweet, or garland, crab apple (M. coronaria), the prairie crab apple (M. ioensis), and the Siberian crab apple (M. baccata). The small, hard, sour crab-apple fruits are used for preserves, pickles, and jelly; in growth and culture these trees are similar to the common apple. Apples are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem)......Click the link for more information., class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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Excellent for detoxification. Contain pectin which helps remove toxins, heavy metals and impurities from the whole body and prevent protein from putrefying in the intestines. Apples strengthen the liver and have lots of fiber that cleans the bowel, and stimulates digestive secretions. Apples help the body absorb iron better than any other food. They are also quite alkaline. Apple fiber contains soluble and insoluble fibers that lower cholesterol, heart disease and remove toxic stuff from the body. Apple fiber is excellent for constipation. Great protection against alzheimer’s and degenerative nerve diseases, as well as gout and rheumatism. Also helps protect from radiation, x-rays and MRIs. Apple Blossoms are edible and have a delicate flowery flavor and aroma. A great garnish. Some people say to eat the flowers in moderation because they may contain cyanide precursers, but read below. Apples are quite friendly. Are wild crabapples edible? Yes. Just very tart and loaded with natural power. Don’t eat leaves. Will apple seeds kill you? There actually is no cyanide in apple seeds, but rather Vitamin B17 or "laetrile". Your body converts laetrile? to cyanide when it comes in contact with a cancer cell. It’s actually a cancer therapy nobody wants you to know about. I’ve thrown half a dozen whole apples in a blender and ate the apple sauce no problem. Eating an apple or two with seeds is no problem. Do not eat 100 seeds by themselves at the same time, that is too concentrated. They are meant to be eaten WITH the apple, and a normal person can only eat a few apples at a time. Stick with nature’s design.

apple

[′ap·əl]

(botany)

Malus domestica. A deciduous tree in the order Rosales which produces an edible, simple, fleshy, pome-type fruit.

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as fruit of the tree of knowledge in Eden, has come to epitomize temptation. [O.T.: Genesis 3:1–7; Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]

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Apple

(Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA, www.apple.com) A manufacturer of computers and consumer electronics that is the world's most valuable company. Due primarily to the iPhone, Apple became the most profitable company in 2014.

Apple was founded in a garage on April Fool's Day 1976 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Their first computer, the Apple 1, was introduced at the Palo Alto Homebrew Computer Club, and 10 retail stores were selling it by year-end.

A year later, the Apple II was introduced, which blazed the trails for the personal computer industry. A fully assembled Apple II with 4K of RAM sold for USD $1,298. With an open architecture that encouraged third-party vendors to build plug-in hardware enhancements, Apple IIs became the most widely used computer in the home and classroom. They were also used in business primarily running the innovative VisiCalc spreadsheet software.

In 1983, Apple introduced the Lisa, the forerunner of the Macintosh. Lisa was aimed at the corporate market, but was soon dropped in favor of the Mac. As a graphics-based machine, the Mac was successful as a low-cost desktop publishing system. Although praised for its ease of use, its slow speed, small monochrome screen and closed architecture did not excite corporate buyers.

In 1987, the Mac II offered higher speed, larger screens that were in color and traditional cabinetry that accepted third-party add-in cards. Numerous models were offered and more widely accepted. In 1991, Apple surprised the industry by announcing an alliance with IBM to form several companies to develop hardware and software together. All these eventually folded back into Apple and IBM, but the major product of the alliance was the PowerPC chip (see Apple-IBM alliance). In 1994, Apple came out with its first PowerPC-based Power Macs, which proved popular. Its PowerBook laptops were an instant success, and all subsequent models departed from the original Motorola 68K architecture to the PowerPC.

The Mac stood alone in a sea of PCs based on the IBM architecture and watched its graphical interface copied more with each incarnation of Windows. In 1994, Apple licensed its OS to system vendors in order to create a Macintosh clone industry. However, a couple of years later, that was discontinued.

In 1997, Apple acquired NeXT Computer, which brought Steve Jobs back to the company he founded and gave it a raft of object-oriented development tools, parts of which filtered down into the Mac OS X operating system.

In 1998, Apple introduced the iMac, the first personal computer without a floppy disk. Self-contained in one unit like the original Mac, Apple sold 800,000 iMacs in a year, making it the fastest-selling computer in its history.

In 2001, Apple launched the iPod. Followed several years later by the iPhone and iPad, Apple set the bar for mobile devices and grew exponentially as a result. See iPod, iPhone and iPad.

In 2006, Apple switched the Mac to Intel chips, and combined with sleeker designs and continuous refinements, the Mac has gained market share ever since.

The Two Steves

Wozniak and Jobs (left to right) pioneered the microcomputer revolution. Wozniak's engineering and Job's charisma built a legend. Here they hold the motherboard from the Apple 1, Apple's first computer. (Image courtesy of Apple Inc.)

The Apple 1

Rather humble beginnings, yet the Apple 1 led to the very successful Apple II series, which thrived for many years. See Apple 1 and Apple II. (Image courtesy of Apple Inc.)

A Quarter Century Later

With a CPU chip 500 times as fast as the Apple 1, the G4 Cube in 2000 bore little resemblance to Apple's first offering. (Image courtesy of Apple Inc.)

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(dreams)

This simple and basic fruit is a powerful symbol in religious writings, in literature, and in dreams. It fundamentally represents knowledge and the freedom that is associated with it. With knowledge and freedom we are in a position to make positive or negative choices. The apple should be interpreted with the consideration of all the other details in the dream. Is the apple a symbol of positive movement and spiritual and emotional liberation, or is it a symbol of runaway passions and the resulting negativity? Are you giving into temptation and making hurtful choices or are you being wise and enjoying the fullness of life?

The Apple awards (the Golden Apple prize and the Rotten Apple prize) are given annually by the Order of Professional Dieticians of Quebec to the companies of the food industry who positively or negatively illustrate respect for nutrition in their marketing of a food product.

London, Jan 9( ANI ): Former Italian prime minister and owner of seven-times European champions AC Milan, Silvio Berlusconi has branded Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli as a rotten apple after it was suggested the forward could make a return to San Siro.

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